Professional learning

‘When we can see an opportunity, we can think about what’s possible and then wonder how we can make it happen.’ Fiona Gordon discusses how allowing students to construct their own knowledge can create change.

Susan Caldis gives us the lowdown on a book designed to encourage critical self-reflection and personal development.

To what extent are new teachers supported once they are employed in a new school? OECD data provides some interesting insights.

Researchers are testing innovative methods for recognising highly accomplished practitioners that link focused portfolio tasks to teacher standards.

Britt Gow recently read two books - one by Carol Dweck and the other by John Geake. Here, she elaborates on why she thinks they are worthwhile to a teacher’s professional learning.

If you're looking to carry out school-based research, what makes a good question? What will the project involve? And, how can you share your findings with the community?

Teacher chats to a Californian educator about how teachers at her school are reaping the rewards from an in-house PD program that utilises a teachers teaching teachers delivery model.

‘You have to work on ... a skill until it becomes second nature.’ Professor Dylan Wiliam shares advice for teachers and school leaders changing practice.

Fiona Gordon explores how documenting professional learning conversations can help you understand the images of assessment that teachers hold.

The global education community often looks to Scandinavia for inspiration on school improvement, but an OECD report has called on Sweden to implement urgent national reform.